During my undergraduate days in SMU, I recalled taking a compulsory module in BGS – Business, Government and Society. It opened up my eyes to how the actions of these 3 key stakeholders interact with each other because their fates are intertwined. More than a decade later, those concepts remain more relevant than ever. ESG, which stands for Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance, measures elements related to sustainability and societal impact of a company. It is a concept widely adopted in the financial industry and which in turn popularized the phenomenon of ESG Investing. WHAT IS ESG INVESTING? ESG Investing is an investment approach that considers both financial and ESG factors and often times used interchangeably with sustainable investing. Investors are already increasingly becoming more conscious of the broader impact of companies that they invest in. However, this phenomenon gathered even stronger momentum ever since the world was plunged into the pandemic in 2020....